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title: "Cornflour — £131K/yr Amazon UK Niche (2026) - Flapen"
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description: "Niche score 39/100 · £131K/yr market · 146K searches/yr · £4.46 avg price. Doesn't clear our bar today. Data updated Jul 2026."
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# **cornflour**
**Skip it**
Prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($1.36–$14.06) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Market size 29Growth 18Conversion 100Competition 13Returns 100Price range 0Avg price 12Brand share 24Review moat 88Quality gap 23
**Conversion**
**Incredible****20.2%**
search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
**Returns**
**Incredible****0.0%**
return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
**Review moat**
**Great****232.67**
avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
**Market size**
**Okay****£131K**
£131K/yr · 146K searches
**Brand share**
**Bad****90%**
top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
**Quality gap**
**Bad****4.6★**
avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
**Growth**
**Bad****-14.5%**
90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
**Competition**
**Bad****84%**
top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf
**Avg price**
**Bad****£4.46**
avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
**Price range**
**Bad****£1.36–£14.06**
cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
**Signals**[** Out of Stock**](https://flapen.com/research/niches?market=uk&signal=out_of_stock "OOS rate > 10%")
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, cornflour is a £131K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (146K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 90% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 39/100.
Data updated Jul 24, 2026 · scored weekly · [~~How we score niches ~~](https://flapen.com/research/methodology)
## **cornflour market data**
- **Units sold / yr**
- **30K–40K**
- avg 3,000–4,000/product
- **Revenue / yr**
- **£134K–£178K**
- units × avg price
- **Conversion rate**
- **20.2%**
- **Avg BSR**
- **#88**
- **Page quality**
- **0%**
- **Prime**
- **78%**
- **Sponsored**
- **33%**
- **Out of stock**
- **3.9%**
- **Avg brand age**
- **74 months**
- **Avg seller age**
- **156 days**
## **Competition & brand share**
The top 5 products capture 84% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.
**Brands**
**7 **—flat
**Sellers**
**29**
**Top-5 brand share**
**90%**
Top 20: 100%
**Top-5 click share**
**84%**
Top 20: 100%
**Open market**
**4%**
- by Amazon54% - Morrisons12% - Brown9% - Buy Whole Foods Online8% - CO OP7% - AKSOY6% - Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 4%)
## **Demand & seasonality**
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -14.5% search growth over the last 90 days.
4K3KSpike '25 seasonSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×
[**Open Trend **](https://flapen.com/research/uk/grocery/cornflour/trend)
## **Top cornflour search terms**
- **cornflour**83K/yr-8.3%18.0% conv. - **corn flour**46K/yr-20.2%12.6% conv. - **cornflour for cooking**7K/yr-36.7%16.2% conv. - **corn flour for cooking**7K/yr-14.3%8.9% conv. - **corn flower**3K/yr-25.9%9.0% conv. [**All search terms **](https://flapen.com/research/uk/grocery/cornflour/search-terms)
## **Top cornflour products on Amazon**
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
0%15%£20K30%£39K45%£59K60%£79K101001K Reviews — right = deep review moatMarket share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted
All 9 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
### **Top sellers**
by 90-day click share
[1**by Amazon Cornflour 500g**by Amazon**£2.10**4.7★551 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CX5H4J6T) [2**Brown & Polson Organic Patent Cornflour 500 g**Brown**£4.08**4.3★31 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B089FY5R5T) [3**Morrisons Cornflour 500g**Morrisons**£2.60**0.0★0 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0H2JJ4955) [4**Co-op Cooks Kitchen Cornflour 250g**CO OP**£1.45**4.7★27 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07MTF1G43) [5**Aksoy Quality Corn Starch 1.5KG | Natural Pure and Finely Ground Ideal for Cooking Baking and Desserts with Perfect Results Essential for Every Recipe!**AKSOY**£5.88**4.6★658 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08SQ5YT2D)
**~~View all top sellers →~~**
### **Newest**
by launch date
[**Morrisons Cornflour 500g**Morrisons**£2.60**0 rev2mo ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0H2JJ4955) [**Premium Maize Cornflour 1kg Ultra-Fine Gluten-Free Thickening Powder**Intralabs**£5.23**23 rev1y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DV9PMB7L) [**by Amazon Cornflour 500g**by Amazon**£2.10**551 rev1y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CX5H4J6T) [**Cornflour (Corn Starch) 1kg (BWFO)**Buy Whole Foods Online**£3.37**214 rev3y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BH4FGTQY) [**Aksoy Quality Corn Starch 1.5KG | Natural Pure and Finely Ground Ideal for Cooking Baking and Desserts with Perfect Results Essential for Every Recipe!**AKSOY**£5.88**658 rev6y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08SQ5YT2D)
**~~View all new products →~~**
### **Trending**
90-day click momentum
[**Morrisons Cornflour 500g**Morrisons**£2.60**0.0★**▲ 360%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0H2JJ4955) [**Brown & Polson Organic Patent Cornflour 500 g**Brown**£4.08**4.3★**▲ 112%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B089FY5R5T) [**Cornflour (Corn Starch) 1kg (BWFO)**Buy Whole Foods Online**£3.37**4.6★**▲ 95%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BH4FGTQY) [**Co-op Cooks Kitchen Cornflour 250g**CO OP**£1.45**4.7★**▲ 36%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07MTF1G43) [**Cornflour (Corn Starch) 5kg (BWFO)**Buy Whole Foods Online**£14.06**4.8★**▲ 18%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BH4G79NY)
**~~View all trending →~~**
## **What buyers say about cornflour**
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.
### **What buyers love **
**Value For Money**34%
*“Great value for money”*
**Quality-Overall**23%
*“Excellent quality cornflour”*
**Advertised Vs Actual Product**11%
*“Does what expected”*
**Cooking Instructions**11%
*“Great product for making all kinds of gravey and sauces, one of the most used items in my pantry”*
**Ease Of Use**8%
*“Always useful”*
**Crispiness**4%
*“Extra crispy chicken”*
**Taste-Overall**4%
*“Perfect cornflour”*
**Blend/Ratio**2%
*“Mixes easily”*
**Size-Overall**1%
*“Good size”*
### **What buyers complain about **
**Smell**33%
*“Plastic smell absorbed into cornflour”*
**Chunk/Clump/Collection**33%
*“clumps everywhere”*
**Allergies**17%
*“My niece has a few reactions to foods”*
## **Common questions**
- **Is cornflour profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?**
- The niche generates £131K/yr across 9 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -14.5%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (39/100).
- **How competitive is the cornflour niche?**
- 7 brands and 29 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 84% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 90% of demand.
- **What do buyers complain about in cornflour?**
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Smell, Chunk/Clump/Collection, Allergies. The return rate is 0.0%.
- **When does demand for cornflour peak?**
- Demand is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.5× the quietest.
- **What does it cost to enter the cornflour niche?**
- Listings span £1.36–£14.06; the average listing price is £4.46 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 233 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.
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